diff --git a/packages/plugin/vite/spec/config/vite.base.config.spec.ts b/packages/plugin/vite/spec/config/vite.base.config.spec.ts
index eecfc4e255..2a05abe4dd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/vite/spec/config/vite.base.config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/vite/spec/config/vite.base.config.spec.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,47 @@ describe('vite.base.config', () => {
     expect(define1).toEqual(define2);
   });
 
+  it('getBuildDefine:serve with custom server host', async () => {
+    const hosts = ['127.0.0.1', '0.0.0.0'];
+    const servers = await Promise.all(
+      forgeConfig.renderer.map(({ name }, index) =>
+        createServer({
+          publicDir: false,
+          server: { host: hosts[index] },
+          plugins: [pluginExposeRenderer(name)],
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    let port = 5183;
+
+    for (const server of servers) {
+      await server.listen(port);
+      port++;
+    }
+
+    const define1 = getBuildDefine({
+      command: 'serve',
+      mode: 'development',
+      root: configRoot,
+      forgeConfig,
+      forgeConfigSelf: forgeConfig.build[0],
+    });
+    const define2 = {
+      // Custom string hosts are exposed as-is.
+      MAIN_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL: '"http://127.0.0.1:5183"',
+      MAIN_WINDOW_VITE_NAME: '"main_window"',
+      // Wildcard hosts fall back to localhost.
+      SECOND_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL: '"http://localhost:5184"',
+      SECOND_WINDOW_VITE_NAME: '"second_window"',
+    };
+
+    for (const server of servers) {
+      await server.close();
+    }
+
+    expect(define1).toEqual(define2);
+  });
+
   describe('pluginHotRestart', () => {
     let dispose: (() => void) | undefined;
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin/vite/src/config/vite.base.config.ts b/packages/plugin/vite/src/config/vite.base.config.ts
index 9551db1484..1d35ec220a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/vite/src/config/vite.base.config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/vite/src/config/vite.base.config.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ export function getBuildDefine(env: ConfigEnv<'build'>) {
   return define;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the host to use in the dev server URL exposed to the main process.
+ * Wildcard hosts (`true`, `0.0.0.0`, `::`) are mapped to `localhost` since the
+ * main process runs on the same machine and wildcard addresses are not
+ * reliably loadable in Chromium.
+ */
+function resolveDevHost(host: string | boolean | undefined): string {
+  if (typeof host !== 'string' || host === '0.0.0.0' || host === '::') {
+    return 'localhost';
+  }
+  // IPv6 literals must be bracketed in URLs.
+  return host.includes(':') ? `[${host}]` : host;
+}
+
 export function pluginExposeRenderer(name: string): Plugin {
   const { VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL } = getDefineKeys([name])[name];
 
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ export function pluginExposeRenderer(name: string): Plugin {
         const addressInfo = server.httpServer?.address() as AddressInfo;
         // Expose env constant for main process use.
         viteDevServerUrls[VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL] =
-          `http://localhost:${addressInfo?.port}`;
+          `http://${resolveDevHost(server.config.server.host)}:${addressInfo?.port}`;
       });
     },
   };